Jubilee Churches

June 10th, at 9:30 AM

The Jubilee Churches of Gloucester, a coalition of congregations in Gloucester (including Apostles), will be meeting on Wednesday, June 10th, at 9:30 AM at New Mount Zion Baptist Church..

Anyone is welcome to attend!!

The Rev. Dr. Ed Walker, pastor of Bellamy United Methodist Church, and Pete Liljeberg are the co-moderators of the Jubilee Churches of Gloucester..

In May, Jubilee Churches assisted a woman with $625.54 for a Dominion bill– her power had been disconnected and we assisted with getting it turned back on quickly. Here is her story. . .living on a very limited fixed income due to disability, she had been doing everything she could to stay afloat after a winter of unusually high utility bills. She was enrolled in a payment plan with Dominion Energy and was faithfully making monthly payments, but she did not fully understand the balance remaining and had been estimating what she owed each month. Unfortunately, the underpayments eventually led to her service being shut off. This was the first time she had ever needed to ask for community assistance. Because of the generosity of Jubilee Churches, we were able to respond quickly and restore her power before the situation became even more overwhelming. During the process, she also worked directly with Dominion to better understand how to monitor and manage her payments moving forward, helping create more long-term stability. She expressed deep gratitude for the help she received and shared how meaningful it was to experience kindness from Jubilee Churches during such a vulnerable moment.

Your support did more than turn the lights back on for her - it reminded someone that asking for help is okay and can be met with compassion.

 Thank you for being the hands and feet of Christ in our community and for helping make stories like this possible.

If you would like to learn more about Jubilee Churches,

please contact Pete Liljeberg or Janet Gomez.